Augustus J. Thébaud, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS54
This collection contains Fr. Augustus J. Thébaud's draft of Three-Quarters of a Century (1807-1882): A Retrospect Written from Documents and Memory in 1877-1882. Vol. I: Political, Social, and Ecclesiastical Events in France (ed. Charles G. Herbermann, United States Catholic Historical Society, 1912). It also contains his draft of what would later become chapter six of Three-Quarters of a Century (1807-1882): A Retrospect Written from Documents and Memory in 1882 and the Following Years. Vol. III: Forty Years in the United States of America (1839-1885) (ed. Charles G. Herbermann, United States Catholic Historical Society, 1904). Editor notes on the chapter six draft indicate that much of it was not included in the final published version.
The Augustus J. Thébaud, SJ Papers are on deposit at Georgetown University and are the property of the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus. As stewards of the Archives, the Georgetown University Library’s Booth Family Center for Special Collections is responsible for managing access to the material based on policies set forth by the USA East Province. Researchers may view these materials in the Reading Room of the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. General policies for using Special Collections can be found here.
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Augustus J. Thébaud, SJ (1807-1885) was born in Nantes and entered the Society of Jesus in 1835. According to the catalogs of the Society of Jesus, he was stationed in Rome (1837) and Paris (1838) before emigrating to the US where he became a physics and chemistry lecturer at St. Mary's College, Kentucky (1838-1846). After briefly holding the position of rector there (1846), he was transferred to St. John's College, Fordham, where he was rector (1846-1851) and a lecturer in physics and mathematics (1852). Fr. Thébaud then became superior at St. Joseph’s in Troy, New York, under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany (1853-1859) before returning to St. John’s College as rector once more (1860-1863). After returning to St. Joseph’s in Troy (1863-1869), he was at St. Joseph’s Church, Hudson City, New Jersey (1870-1873). He spent another year at Fordham (1873-1874) before being assigned to St. Francis Xavier’s Church, New York, where he stayed until his death in 1885.
0.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
The collection was previously part of the University Archives (prior to 1970).
This collection was rehoused into acid-free boxes and folders in March 2024.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository